Letters to the Editor
lonewolfy
Published Letters: 472 Editor's Choice: 20
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@ Greeneyedkzin - a final post
[Read the article: OMG, I'm totally having a thrisis!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I expressed my views. You've expressed yours. We disagree.
But how you make the leap from me diasgreeing (with your written responses to me and to LisaMc) to me asking you to "STFU", "reprimand" you etc. etc. is beyond me - and frankly, not my problem.
I've got many, many flaws...but being unnecessarily combative ain't one of them. Too many purposeful, non-verbal battles out there to literally fight as it is.
Nowhere did I say you should not be able to express your opinions; I just called you on what I thought was a nasty, bilious post to another letter writer.
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I stand by my misogamy comment - and it has nothing to do with your views or opinions. It is simply because you read a post (mine) that merely dared to suggest that another LW did not deserve your harsh bile....and you automatically made a leap of logic to accuse me of being some "male deity"-figure trying to lecture you, reprimand you etc. etc.
To me - and I might very well be wrong about this - that out-of-nowhere reaction makes it seem like you have power issues with men. I've had tons of disagreements and debates with men and women/ friends and strangers in person, on letter threads etc. - and nobody ever accused me of trying to put them or their gender in their place simply out of disagreement.
Guess there's a first time for everything!
Cheers,
Lonewolfy --
Omnipotent, Ubiquitous, Reprimanding God of the Vulpines
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In essence...
[Read the article: Google App Engine lets non-Googlers tap into Googly cloud]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Google is outsourcing its innovation / R&D department, is it not?
Let's put it this way: Google lets others play in its "lab" to see if the newbies can come up with cool new app ideas. If anything sticks and has the potential for success, the idea will become part of Google anyway when it buys out the start-up newbies.
Pretty brilliant. A little "Big Brother"-y to me, but still brilliant.
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Sexism against her is the BEST thing to happen to Clinton / her campaign for coronation
[Read the article: My last word (for now) on sexism]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Because it amplifies and galvanizes the support of sympathetic women and/or feminists behind her.
Think about this: If there were NO sexist attacks against Hillary, how much support/votes would she actually have?
Without the refexive support of women angry about her being excoriated for her gender, would Clinton even have won enough delegates to still be in the race??
In the same way that Anti-American sentiments by, say, Al-Quaeda help rally and rustle up patriotism in the Red States, sexism against Clinton ultimately adds more (women) voters to her side and gives her a fighting chance to win.
Would any of you be really surprised if it turned out that Mark Penn paid Olbermann, Beck et al to make sexist comments about his candidate...to earn a huge, potentially election-defining sympathy vote?
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My wish at this point is for an even playing field....
In other words:
Maybe Ann Coulter could call Barack a "nigger".
Maybe Michael Savage could call him a "jungle sambo"....or an "uppity spade".
Maybe a website out there (not pro-Clinton like Salon/Joan, of course) can put out a video of this.
The sad reality of our times is that the best hope for an Obama supporter is that racist attacks are launched against him - landing Barack a windfall of sympathy votes from minorities and true white progressives, the same way a windfall of sympathy is coming Hillary's way from Joan Walsh, Tina Fey and other women.
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Oh no, Scott...
[Read the article: Scott Bateman: Hillary's not-so-funny joke]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You dare to say that Hillary's joke was not funny??
You dare to imply that maybe she should not make light of things like sniper fire...which American men (AND women) have to endure/survive in Iraq partly because of her pro-war vote??
Why - you are OBVIOUSLY so sexist!!
I just hope the Clinton supporters currently on Joan Walsh's blog do not get a wind of this, my unequivocally sexist, misogynist amigo. Otherwise - I will pray for you.